Lets Have Some Fun!
1) thefuck-command
Installation
run pip install thefuck in terminal
Running
2) aria2 - Terminal Based Downloader
Installation
run sudo apt-get install aria2 in terminal
Running
- open Terminal in the directory where you want to download the file
- type
aria2c -x16 "paste the link here"in the terminal - the file will be downloaded
3) z- Directory Jumper
Installation
- Go to
https://github.com/rupa/zand download the repo and extract it somewhere - Copy the
z.shfile to home directory echo ". ~/z.sh" >> ~/.bashrcadd this line in .bashrc file located in the home directory
Running
- cd around for a while to build up the db
- use
z "keywords of the directory"to move to any directory - Note: What z does is make a database of where you go using cd command. so only the directories which you have gone using cd can be used in z.
4) elinks-Terminal Browser
Installation
sudo apt-get install elinks
Running
- type
elinksand browse!!
5) Cowsay and Xcowsay
Installation
sudo apt-get install cowsaysudo apt-get install xcowsay
Running
cowsay helloxcowsay hello
6) sl
Installation
sudo apt-get install sl
Running
sl
7) fortune
Installation
sudo apt-get install fortune
Running
fortune
8) yes
Running
yes hello
9) Banner
Running
figlet hello
10) Pi
Installation
sudo apt-get install pi
Running
pi some integer
11) xeyes
Running
xeyes
12) espeak
Installation
sudo apt-get install espeak
Running
espeak "Hello We Are From GeekHaven"
13) Twitter Status Update
url -u YourUsername:YourPassword -d status="Your status message" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
14) asciiviewer
Installation
sudo apt-get install aview
Running
asciiview some_image.png -driver curses
15) screenfetch - Generate OS and System Info
installation
- Debian based distribution:
sudo apt-get install screenfetch - Fedora or CentOS:
yum install screenfetch
Running
screenfetch
16) Star Wars ASCII - Watch ASCII version of Star Wars trilogy
Running
- telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl